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No. 77 November 1993
HEALTH OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR 2000:
THE NORTH CAROLINA CHALLENGE
by
Kathryn B. Surles
BACKGROUND
N.C. DOCUMENTS
1HOUSE
FEB 7 1994
E LIBRARY
RALEIGH
The beginning of the 2 1 st century beckons with both challenge and opportunity for the improved health
of all Americans. The report, Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives,1 sets out a national agenda for the 1 years leading up to 2000. It follows a similar agendapublished
for the 1980s.2
Involving professionals, other citizens, private organizations and public agencies from every part of the
country, Healthy People 2000 offers a vision for the new century. This vision is characterized by significant
reductions in preventable death and disability, enhanced quality of life, and greatly reduced disparities in the
health status of populations within our society. Those goals are addressed through the declaration of several
hundred health objectives covering 2 1 areas ofpregnancy, death, disease, preventive interventions, and health-related
behaviors.
Meanwhile, keenly aware of North Carolina's unfavorable ranking on many of the national health status
indicators, Governor James G. Martin established in August 1991 the Governor's Task Force on Health
Objectives for the Year 2000. The deliberations of this 25-member body resulted in the November 1992
publication ofobjectives addressing 1 1 broad areas ofconcern: injury, infantdeath; immunization; dental decay,
physical fitness; nutrition; sexually transmitted diseases; abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; mental
health; chronic diseases, and environmental pollution.3 The report of the Task Force identifies special target
populations and emphasizes community-based intervention strategies. To date, leaders in 43 of the state's 100
counties have plans to develop responsive health improvement plans for their communities; and 13 counties
already have active Healthy Carolinians 2000 task forces.
DEIHINIFJ
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT. HEALTH. AND NATURAL RESOURCES

No. 77 November 1993
HEALTH OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR 2000:
THE NORTH CAROLINA CHALLENGE
by
Kathryn B. Surles
BACKGROUND
N.C. DOCUMENTS
1HOUSE
FEB 7 1994
E LIBRARY
RALEIGH
The beginning of the 2 1 st century beckons with both challenge and opportunity for the improved health
of all Americans. The report, Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives,1 sets out a national agenda for the 1 years leading up to 2000. It follows a similar agendapublished
for the 1980s.2
Involving professionals, other citizens, private organizations and public agencies from every part of the
country, Healthy People 2000 offers a vision for the new century. This vision is characterized by significant
reductions in preventable death and disability, enhanced quality of life, and greatly reduced disparities in the
health status of populations within our society. Those goals are addressed through the declaration of several
hundred health objectives covering 2 1 areas ofpregnancy, death, disease, preventive interventions, and health-related
behaviors.
Meanwhile, keenly aware of North Carolina's unfavorable ranking on many of the national health status
indicators, Governor James G. Martin established in August 1991 the Governor's Task Force on Health
Objectives for the Year 2000. The deliberations of this 25-member body resulted in the November 1992
publication ofobjectives addressing 1 1 broad areas ofconcern: injury, infantdeath; immunization; dental decay,
physical fitness; nutrition; sexually transmitted diseases; abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; mental
health; chronic diseases, and environmental pollution.3 The report of the Task Force identifies special target
populations and emphasizes community-based intervention strategies. To date, leaders in 43 of the state's 100
counties have plans to develop responsive health improvement plans for their communities; and 13 counties
already have active Healthy Carolinians 2000 task forces.
DEIHINIFJ
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT. HEALTH. AND NATURAL RESOURCES